We’re excited to announce that negotiations for our first contract will begin soon! Our Theorem Bargaining Team brings a combined 10 years of experience at Theorem and met last week to draft contract proposals that address our shared goals and concerns.
Read MoreWorking the self-checkout area ranks as one of the toughest jobs in our grocery stores, mostly because running these departments with skeleton crews forces cashiers to serve multiple customers and to deal with multiple problems at the same time. The working conditions are more than just frustrating—they can be dangerous, too.
Read MoreOn March 10, RCPs at Providence Everett voted online to approve the renaming of the RCP II classification to Senior RCP and the addition of a new Specialist RCP classification to the contract
Read MoreJoin our contract Negotiator and union Representative for a virtual drop-in meeting to prepare for upcoming first contract negotiations.
Read MoreOn March 4, our bargaining team met with Hudson News to present our non-economic proposal which included:
Read MoreOn Thursday, March 7 Seattle Children’s Technical Unit ratified our new Union contract by a majority of those who voted!
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March 7, 2024
Press Release: UFCW 3000 Stands Ready to Boycott Air Travel in Response to Trump Admin’s Attack on TSA Union
DES MOINES, WA – UFCW 3000, the largest private sector union in the Pacific Northwest, condemns the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to illegally dissolve its collective bargaining contract with 47,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers organized with the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE).
Our union views the Administration’s action as an egregious violation of workers’ basic right to participate in a democracy. TSA workers democratically voted to organize their workplace, they democratically voted to ratify their contract, and this Administration has now undemocratically silenced those voices.
In response, our union stands ready to support any actions initiated by our union siblings in the TSA, including a boycott on air travel and work stoppages of any kind.
“This Administration's agenda becomes clearer every day. Its goal is to eliminate all democratic institutions from our lives, plunder money from workers, and funnel as much of it as possible to the corporate and billionaire class,” said UFCW 3000 President Faye Guenther. “Workers will not allow Trump and the billionaire class to profit from the destruction of our hard-won rights.”
Our Union Negotiating Committee held its first bargaining session with St. Michael Medical Center management on March 6. In preparation, our team spent several days analyzing bargaining surveys, reviewing regional union contracts, and thoroughly assessing our current contract for areas needing improvement.
Read MoreOnly days after Kroger’s CEO resigned for unknown ethical reasons, our bargaining team faced Kroger bargainers who seem hell-bent on stripping away workers’ rights.
Read MoreOn March 5 and 6, our Bargaining Team met with Safeway and passed proposals on staffing and scheduling, retail theft, immigration protections, PPE and safety, and other non-economic items.
Read MoreMichaela sits down to talks veteran Contract Bargaining Representative Cathy MacPhail about working with rank and file members to sit opposite their employer at the negotiation table to bargain a new union contract.
Read MoreJoin your coworkers at a monthly Contract Action Team meeting—Let’s stay organized to win a strong contract this year.
Read MoreLast week, our union and Teamsters 38 held a webinar to discuss our proposals to ensure better staffing at grocery stores across the region.
Read MoreFollowing a day of vote meetings at the Puyallup, Sunrise, & Bonney Lake Women’s Center clinics on Monday, March 3, our union bargaining team are proud to announce that our agreement has been ratified UNANIMOUSLY!
Read MoreWe are happy to announce that after several months of bargaining we all joined together Friday to review the tentative agreements, vote and ratify our contract. This was a long and challenging negotiation but we are proud of the finished contract and how it will benefit everyone.
Read More“Now is the time for the changes we have been pushing for: Kroger should stop investing in failed tech and mergers and instead invest in stores and communities with lower prices, more stores, and workers with better staffing and better wages,”
Read MoreThrough conference committee we have highlighted retention and recruitment issues throughout the Technical unit. Providence heard our suggestions and has proposed changes to Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) job titles and classifications. Specifically, the Employer is proposing to:
Read MoreWe are quickly approaching the official start of our 2025 contract negotiation cycle for the Providence St. Peter RN contract—with our first bargaining date with Providence scheduled for March 17.
Read MoreWe met again with REI’s Morgan Lewis lawyers on February 24 and 25. We reached a Tentative Agreement on Anti-Discrimination and continued to get closer on Union Representation, Health & Safety, Job Vacancies & Promotions, Seniority, and Technology & Data. We’re hopeful that REI will keep up this momentum and continue to come to the table prepared and with respect as we work towards a fair first contract. This shift is in no doubt due to all of our organizing efforts and the unity we’ve maintained over the last few years!
Read MoreOn Wednesday, February 26 both the Administrator’s Unit and the Computer Operators and Distribution Unit ratified their contracts by super-majorities of those voting in each group!
Read MoreWe are the Union. The members of UFCW 3000 are over 50,000 members working in grocery, retail, health care, meat packing, cannabis, & other industries across Washington state, north-east Oregon, and northern Idaho. UFCW 3000 is a chartered member of UFCW International with over 1.4 million workers in North America.
To build a powerful Union that fights for economic, political and social justice in our workplaces and in our communities.
